The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 21. (From our Second Edition of Saturday.) MAILS ON RAILWAYS BILL Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in continuation from our First Edition, proceeded to say—After that award had been made, the proprietors of one of the Railway Companies had given notice to the Govern ment that after a certain period they would give up their contract, and no doubt that course would be followed by the other Com panies. It therefore became necessary that the subject should be brought under the consideration of the House. He thought it unfair that those Companies, which had met with the greatest obstruction from natural causes, and who were compelled to make tunnels through mountains, and bridges over rivers, should only receive the same remu. aeration as those undertakings which had been constructed upon a level plain. According to the evidence of Mr. Lewis, the Grand Junction Company had been conducting the business of the country at a loss. Was it, therefore, to be said that after so great an outlay parties were to be taxed for carrying on the business of the public. He was clearly of opinion that the Bill was right in submitting the whole sum in ques tion to a reference, and if, upon consideration, ulterior and stronger measures should be required, he would advocate them ; but, in his opinion, the Government had done perfectly right in withdrawing the stronger provisions and commencing upon mild ones. As the matter, however, now stood, it was impossible to leave the clause in its present state. It was impossible that the measures of the House could be carried practically into operation unless it was decided one way or the otber whether the original cost of the railway or not should be the criterion upon which the remuneration should be founded. He had stated shortly his views upon the subject. He would exclude all ornamental work — he would include no expense except that which was absolutely neces sary for the purpose of carrying goods and passengers with safety, and he thought that 25,0001. a-mile was a fair allowance, including the original cost of the purchase of land. He therefore moved that there be inserted in the 15th clause, words instructing all arbitrators should take into con sideration the original cost of the construction of railways, and the main tenance thereof, for the service of the Post-office. Mr. L ABOUC HERE would indeed be sorry to propose any measure that would not secure ample remuneration for every service per formed for the public. He called upon the House to recollect that the Post-office had always been a favoured service, but if they were to agree to the amendment of the Right Honourable Baronet, they would take away all the revenue of the Post-office, not for a public benefit, but in order to put it into the pockets of the Railroad Proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) Surely no one could possibly complain of the formation of the arbitration which had already given its decision. On the part of the Government there was Lieutenant Harkness of the Engineers—on the part of the Company there was appointed Mr. Ste venson ; and they appointed an ueright and independent man, his Hon. Friend the Member for the Northern Burghs, Mr. Loch. The two arbitrators, without any appeal to the umpire at all, at once excluded from their consideration the expenses of carrying the Bill through Par liament, the mistakes ofengineers, as well as the original purchase of the land.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Labouchere) would not fur a moment al:ow any Railway Company to be one shilling out of pccket, by any service done for the Post-office. He said they should have a profit, which would be not only for the public interest, but it was also required by public justice. But when he had done that, he thought he had done enough. He could not for a moment suppose that any of the Companies would attempt to pursue the course suggested by the Right Honourable Baronet— he could not believe that any of them would refuse to appoint arbitrators unless they were pledged to their own views, or that they would instruct that arbitrator to object to the appointment of an um pire, until they had ascertained his views with respect to that subject. If any of thorn did so, it would be the strongest and the best evidence of the necessity of a more stringent Bill, during the next Session of Par liament. They had bound the country in iron chains—( A laugh)— / without having taken any security in their own defence—a course which had not been pursued in any other country. France had taken specific securities, while in America, the same thing had been provided for, by the State being the largest proprietor of the lines.—(Hear, bear.) According to the evidence of Mr. Harkness, the charge would be more than doubled if the calculations of his Right Hon. Friend would be carried into effect, and he for one could not consent to make over to those Companies the revenues of the Post-office. If those revenues were to be abolished, or to be given away, let them be applied for the reduction of taxation.—(Cheers.) If they were called upon to pay those large sums of money to the various Companies, the consequence would be most disastrous. As that was but ae experimental Bill, he thought it would be better to leave the question open for the c msideration of the arbitrators appointed, than to fetter them in any way Lord SAN DON trusted the House would agree to the amendment of his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. HA WES said an arbitration clause was proposed, and the object was to allow the arbitrator a full opportunity of considering every matter in dispute. What possible objection could there be to that ? He believed, if they worked harmoniously with the Railway Companies, there would be no difficulty. They were going to create a fair tribunal, and to do ample justice to both parties. Why should they, there fore, exclude one single element which one of those parties thought ought to be considered as the ground work of the arbitration ? He thought if they did anything that tended to dissatisfy either of the par ties, thee sv, uld be a great practical difficulty to any harmonious set tlement The CHANCEL J LOR of the EXCHEQUER had very little to say after the very conclusive speech of his Right. Hon. Friend the Vice President of the Board of Trade. The question was, not as the lion. Member for Lambeth had said, whether an element of arbitration alma] be exeraled ; but the question was whether it shou'd be campu'- sorily introduced. The amendment was that the arbi:rator should take into consideration the original cost of railways, and the maintenance thei test, as far as the same is applicable to the Post.olfice service. What could be more untenable than such a proposition ? This would include every extortion, anti they were many, which had beets practised at the time these railways were first promoted ; the parties would have been ready to submit to any terms Parliament imposed —(No.) At all events let these Companies recollect that if they refused to accede to fair terms, Parliament had full power to deal with the question—espe cially„when they came to have their Bills renewed, or to ask treats powers —(Hear)—and if the experiment now about to be tried should fail, more stringent measures must he adopted. iii R PEEL said Parliament should have reflected when they passed these Railway Bills that they were giving practical monopolies—that if the railroads were successful, other moles of internal c immuni. c.tion must be disused; and Parliament should have at that time, as it was easy to do, stipulated certain conditions for the public service. Parliament, however, had not taken these precautions, and the railways had been established. He apprehended the public now stood to these Companies in much the same situation as the railway Companies, at their first formation, occupied with respect to the owners of private pro perty. The Legislature had t:ten said to those owners, .` you must, far a great public benefit, forego your own will and d:scretian, and tlispcLe cif your lands to these Companies ;" and just the same right had Parlia. ment now to say to the rainy; ly proprietors, " for a great public benefit you must to some extent give up your rights of private property."—(Hear, hear.) In both cases the principle was arbitra tion.--( Hear.) He could not agree to the words proposed by his Hon, Friend, nor to the absolute exclusion of them. If they went into the original cost, they must also take into consideration the profits of the Company.—(Hear, hear.) To the Bill, as it originally stood, he did not object. He thought it ought to be left to the discretion of the arbitrators what rule they should adopt; and he could not consent to tie them to take into consideration certain circumstances. If his Hon. Friend had an assurance that the words as they originally stood were not prejudiced by ally thing which had taken place, but that they were to he construed according to their proper construction— nameiy, that the two persons appointed should have full power to make any award which they might deem proper—he should recommend him to withdraw the amendment, and permit the clause to remain as it origi nally stood.—(Hear.) Sir .1. GRA il A M said lie had only brought forward the amendment in consequenee of the prejudice creat dby that award. If his Hon. Friend on the part of her Majesty's Government would adopt the opinions of the the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Temworth, and declared that notwithstanding all that hal passed, the arbitration should be left to the discretion of the arbitrators, he would, with the permission of true House withdraw his amendment —(Hear.) Mr. I.ABOUCIIEItE had no hesitation in admitting that it was the intention of Government that the arbitrators should be 'eft perfectly free. The wish of the Government was that the question should be left to fair and honourable men. Sir JAMES GRAHAM begne l it tr. be un lerstood, if anything he had said was consioered in the nature of a threat, that he with_ drew it. He was quite satisfied with what had been stated by his Right Honourable Friend, and he hoped that arrangements would be made to prevent the necessity of any further Parliamentary interference. lf, however, further interference was necessary, he would be the first to come forward to advocate the strongest meaaures, W.% LLACF, hoped there would be no further necessity for Par liamentary interference. The clause was then agreed to, as were the other clauses, and tie Report was ordered to be received on Monday. PRISONS BILL. This Bill was read a third time. Mr. F. M AUL E moved three new clauses, when The SPEAKER deprecated the growing practice of bringing up clauses at that stage of the Bill, it must lead to confusion and inaccuracy. The clauses were then a ithdrawn. After a short conversation between Captain Pakington, Mr. Lang. dale, Mr. Fox Maule, and Mr. O'Connell, the debate on Mr. Lengdale's clause in the Prisons Bill relative to the appointment of Catholic chaplains was adjourned till Monday. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. The Bill was read a third time and passed. POSTAGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Lord SEYMOUR gave notice that on Monday he would a Committee - of the whole House on the Postage to places in the Mediterranean. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN. Mr. L A BOUCHERE moved, in compliance with a resolution of the Committee, that leave be given to the Chairman of the Select Cominittee on Combination of Workmen, to communicate such parts of the evi dence taken before them, and to such persons as he may deem necessary. The SPEAKER said this was one among many other cases in which precedents were established without due consideration, and he wished to impress it upon the House that precedents ought not be set, on the convenience of particular cases, but on mature deliberation, and with the sanction of the House. Sir R. PEEL expressed doubts as to the propriety of allowing cx parse evidence to be published. The SPEAKER said the subject imperatively demanded the atten tion of the House.—(Hear.) Mr. LABOUC HERE withdrew his motion. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Four; OUTRAGE AND MURDER.—About three o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, the 18th ult., a female child, Oi years old, belonging to Mr. Tonge, farmer, of Blyton Car, disappeared in a very mysterious manner from its father's house, since which time, until Tues day, the 10th instant, no tidings had been heard of it, when at noon on the latter day a boy went in search of some strayed pigs, and on going round a field of rye adjoining his master's farm, he discovered in a dry ditch the remains of the lost child, in a very mutilated and decomposed state. The spot where the body was found is about a mile from its father's house, and it is a matter of impossibility that it could have strayed thither alone, as it must have opened a This, t least half other circum.. a dozen five. barred gates betel e arrivi n g at that place. with stances, tends strongly to suspect that the life of the poor infant has been sacrificed by some monster, for the purpose of hiding another offence, which, if disclosed, would in all probability have brought him to the g edal lows, but, in order to avoid imm ediate detection (which undoubtedly must have been the case had the chil d been permitted again to see its parents), it seems as if the brutal being had resolved, after the commis. sion of the horrible offence, to deprive it of life, and afterwards to secrete it, where it might not be discovered until decomposition had so far en sued as to prevent the skill of the medical profession to swear positively to the precise cause of death. An inquest was held on Thursday last, when the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some per. son or persons unknown." The man Amos Bell, who had been taken into custody on suspicion of committing a rape and murder, was then set at liberty.—Lincoln Gazette. One morning lately, according to the Nouvelliste, about 10 o'clock, a lady, apparently 30 years of age, and evidently of deranged intellects , was observed walking quietly along the Boule vard ir.leine, Paris, attired simply in a chemise, a superb Cachemere . . • I.—.,„fir.rn straw hat, black aiik stockings, and white.atio • .. unusual spectacle collected a crowd, which followed the lady, t , ii Arriviog near the Marche d'Agnesseao, he W;IR met by a livery .1 Vat, a..Li a jedone de chambrc, who had been apparently on the watch, and who, forcing her into a hackney coach, conveyed her home wards, in the direction of the Chaussee d'Antln. zl PRICES OF CAN ALS, DOCK STOCKS ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 20. Price Number Dividend LS per of per CANA. Paid. Share 'Mures. Annum. 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971.185. sh. 135 1,082 41. Ashby-de-10-Zouch ,Average 11f .sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavelty 150 . sr.. ;00 9,000 1-16 sh. 9/ 6s. Birmingham, I-16th share ..... .. . SU. & 711. 220 .4000 Ditto and Llv `unct...l*lll. sh. 100 pd 241 600 Jl. Bridgewater ton ....1001. sta. all pd 64 400 4/. Chehner and ter 100/. sh. 102 . 500 481 clVentry .... lool.sh. 745 4.545 .. Croy d on 3,0601 . 41. Os. Dudley .... 1001. sh. 1001. sh. 133 83 600 14r. Derby 21,000 4 per cent. ilanune and Ma y ne 411.135. 4d ,pd 3356 3,5751 51. Ellesmere and Chester...... Average 1331.5 h. '7A. 77 231 461. Erewash 1001. 00 1,297 291. Forth and Clyde Avcrave 44101.165. th. 560 11,000 121. Grand Junction 1001. sh. 202 2,84.91 11. Grand Union 1001. sli 25 1.500 ,20,0001. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lO3l. 70 3 '196 Grand W estern lOOl. sh. all pt 600 131.125. ed. GLam.,rganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. td. 230 '749 10t. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,233 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 37 100 25.328 11. ss. Kennet ind Avon, Average 39/.188.10d. sh. 25 2,89'7f 247. Leeds and Live r p ool 100/. sh. 6 1401. sh. 220 10 f 5450 13/. Leicester 1,897 61. Os. Leicester snot N or tkampton...Aver 4 1 31.105. 95 2.400 10/. Monmo uthshire 100/.sh. 200 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1061.5 h. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 565 3.000 11.10 s. Macclesfie ld 100/. sh. all pd. 52 247 17/. Neath 1001. sh. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest Avei.ge about 781. sh. 04 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London). Aver. 33/.16s Bd. sh. 75 111 5,669 W. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh . 500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 138 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 1511 3,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 11 f 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. !L'Bo 300 91. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-un- Avcn ...Average 791.9 a. tel. sh, 40 533 151. Swansea . IOW. sh. 27:0 3,162 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway -Av. 351. sh. 35 I.Wisn. 321. 101. Trent and Mersey, I share WO/. sh. 5/30 8.149 ... ...... Thames '..nd Medway... Aver. 191.55. Sd. sh. 2 10°1 ' 1 1 16/. Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh 2.81 ,0001 sh. 960 15s. Warwick and Naptrn lOOl. sh. 200 6,000 41.05. W . orcest,r and Birmingham. .Av.76/.Bs. sh. 79, 5,000 251. Wilts an... Berko .. Average 671. 10s. Sd. sh. 23 800 31. Nioyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 905 1.. Wey and Arun llO l. sh. 92 DOCKS. !1, ,060 00 ph } 3 p. c Commercial 498,667 4 6 per ct. East and West Indi a Stock 3,238,3 014 555. p.Ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 2,009 21. 19s. Bristol. 66,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,751 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 2°0.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 1.500 ..... Deptford Pier ' 201. sh. 201. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Hammersmli 5Ol. sh. 7,2.31 Southwark, Old ....... .Av. 631. 2s ad. sh. 1,700 11. 155. Ditto, Ncw, of 71 r . cent. 5O/.Bh. 5,000 5,000 18s. lid. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6Ol. pd 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,811 17s ASSURANCE COMPANIES II Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 2,000 3/ lOs Albion 5001. 'h. 501 pd 5 0 ,000 ... Frapne,rlclesns.t./ A lliance,British Sr Foreign 1001. sh. 1014 pd 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd 24,000 1 / per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 54 pd 1,200 Ist" 5/. Birmingham t ire 20,000 4!. per cent. British Fire . 2501. sh. 50/. pd 12,000 61. per cent. British Cominorcial 501. sh. 51. pd 5,000 54 percent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, ICol.sh. 2110 s pa 4,000 21 lOs County 100/. sh. 10/. pi 20,000 ss. Eagle ‘O , 1' ta ml per 301 bs. cent Economic 1,4 0 ~, 10004 sh. 250!. pd -"" } 2,271 220. per cent. European Li. • 0 0/. sh. all pd 50,000 2s. Ditto, New ... OOl. sh. 21. pd 1,000,0001. 7/. per ct. Globe .10,000 31. Guardian lOO/. sh. 0711 pd 318 40,000 Os. 6d. Hope 50/ sh. .4. pd 51 2,400 51. 7s. 60. Imperial hire 500/ oh. 50/. pd 127 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 93 13,456 44 percent . Indemnity Marine.... 1101. sh. Si. #2 23 2,020 3/ lOs Kest Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life. 79 10, 0 00 Its. Law Life SWu 10s. London, Fira 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pil I', 3,900 10s. Loneen, Ship .51. sh. I_i. 10s. pd PI 100 sh. 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 501. sh. 21. pd 2/ Ss 0.1 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium lit. . 201. sh. 04 pd 17,0 d 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fit 0 2,500 11. Provident I.lie lO4l/. sh. 14. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life... 201. sh. 14 lid 03 0i9,220/ St per cent. Royal Exch.niec Stoi k... 2254 lOU sh. 5/. pd na 1001. sh. 5!. pd 73 50 6 :000 000 54 per cceenntt.. Uunnrivteedrsiktyinl,.iftoem Life JOINT STOCK BANKS 45,000 6 per cent. Agric and Coinin. of Ireland 231. sh. 101. pd 14 5.000 Australasia 4O/. oh. 401. pd 16 10,.,00 10 per cent. Bank of Biiiningliam 5ll. sh. ICI. pri 13 0,(.0(0 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank . 5O/. sh. 51. pd 161 3),C03 5 per cent. London P nil svestminstern.loo/ sh. 201. pd 22) 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 12 .4000 4 per cent. Lancaster ... OW. sh. .204 psi 5.i 05,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 104 pd 231 100,000 01 per cent Man' nester and Liverpool] 50/.3:1 , ~/ ... F ,, 2 , Distria' . sJ . 211,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1004 sh. 23/ pd 27 20,000 Provincial 1311,k of Ireland-1004 sh. 25/. pi 421 0, (0 National Bank of Ireland 5l. sh 174/. pd 16 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. oh. 351. pd 353 !9,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. oh. li.!. pd 00 0,000 10 p-r cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,5)10 1/ 5s Oil Bath 5,000 British 404 sh. 16/. pd 211 . 0 . 00 0 Mr , 7 7111 Ditto Provincial ' l Ol. sh. 19 d 221 023 5110 s Birmingham 5O/. sh. OS 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2ll. oh. 56 1,500 0 101 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 1 3 750 31 Ins Ditto, New 2Ol. oh. ISI. psi 9 1,171 4) per cent. Brignton General 201. sh. all pd 17 1,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOOl. 6214 pd 10 1,000 10/. City of Lmidon ...... .... .00..100/. sh. all pd 196 1,000 61. Ditto, Ncw s, 43) 41. 10s. Equitable 'Ol. pd 304 1 I ' ' 00 21 per cent. Imperial 600 5.'. aer cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sin 201. pa 20 2,350 6/. per cont. ndependeut 3O/. oh. all pd 49 0,0400 34 lan' cent. Phcenis . • s'o. sh. 39/. psi 211 1,000 4!. per cent. IlatelifF 100/. oh. 801. pd 58 1,10.0 South 71 etropolitan 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 99 5 210 54 per cant. Warwick 490 51. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 221 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered , 5O/. sh. 50 6,010 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 104 pd 91 800 Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. IS!. pd 9 WATER W...)11K5. 1,800 35. Birmingham 25/. oh. 25/. psi 214 1,434 6/. East London lOOl oh. II 0 5,500 2/ lOs Dr oiii junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 51 2,000 '24 Kent IOW. sh. 43 372 10/. Liverpool !tootle 2004 sh. 3-6 1,500 21 lOs Now diver Loudon Bridge Water Anntnties 191 6,486 1/ 15s Mnochestei and Salford lOOl. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cult. Sauth London 1001. sh. El - 1 ,2.14 44 West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 041 1.360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop ..... lOOl. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,390 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 150 110 Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 15 pd 11 .1 C,60 Calcutta and Satieur 5O/. sh. 2!. pd nt 7,500 Cheltenham and G.Western 100/. 5h. , 1214 ri 3,0012 .. 12,1)00 Commercial illackivall 501. sh. 21. pd 51 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny I 011/..h. 23 pd 03 60,1106 ... ...... Eastern Counties 251. :h. 711. pd 53 a, rand Junction 1001. sh. 9.0. p i 181 Great North of England l3!. p 3 91 5,030 Great Western IOW O. 65!. pd 77; Q,0' , 0 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 10(11 pd ICO 8,000 !lull and sclby .501. sh. 151. p 4 9 :0,00,1 Leeds and Manchester 1001. eh. 5/. pd 14 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and 5e1by..... . .. lOO sh. 15 1,500 11.51. Leicester ,ind swannington 00 50/. o h. all p a 75 4 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-10(45h. 100/. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares OO/. pd 61 30.000 ... ..... London and Brighten 5O/. sh. 11/. pd 9.: 12,000 London ano Blackwall 501. sh 3/ pd as /0,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . ...... 0 01. sh. 1201. pd jai 25,000 London and Birmingham -1001. sh. 901. pd 171 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/ rid 293 London and Southampton ....504 sh. 511. pd 421 Ditto ditto Now .. lOl. pd 20 London and Croydon Trunk 20/. sh. 204 pd IS; Ditto New Scrip London Grand Junction 501. sh. 5/. pd 0) Manchester and Leeds 100/. sh. 301. pd 47 Manchester and Birmingham...lll.sh 71. pd 5) North Midland 100/. sh. 95/ pd 3%. Northe , n and Eastern lOOl. sh. Pl. pd 5 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 311. pd 26 8,0;130 . South Eastern and Dover 71. pd 4 1 1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 240 0,000 ...... .. Thames Haven 50/. sh 21. lOs. pd 0;; 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd 0 1 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121. pd 10 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 344 pd 12 4,000 1/.:,0. A !ten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 12 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5!. pm.... 1004 sh. all pd 33 Ditto Subscription 051. pa 4 2,'11i0 IZ. Bolanos 1304 sh all pd '7O 10,000 1/. Ids Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 15/. sh. 'JO/ pd 22 6,0.0 Macaubas & Condos United ..;250. sh. 2'/. pd 11 11,000 . 0 ...... Ditto St. John Del Hey 20/. sh. 114Ipd 61 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd 5 10,000 Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 10/. pd 3 20,000 British Iron 501. sh. 50/ pd 10) 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 441. pd s i Cata Branca 61/. pd Candonga 7 4 1. 1. 1 16 1 10,000 11 Copiapo 2Ol. sh 12)1 pd et 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 5/. pin. 2,850 5/. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2o4 sh. 164 pd 9 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5514 pd 5 3,000 Polberou Consols . lOl. sh. 84 pd 41 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l2 Ditto Loan Notes 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 40!. sh. all pd 2. pit t. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 3i West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 2 0 1 1,500 London University 700 ...... ... Russell King' Colle ge l S i aC,,E AmericanAL g L r A i c N. Landl i . a .. 0. mloop7.ns:h.. e . 25h . 1 2( .0 0 2 ga t :1 11 .1 . .. a P p d p ap d il a 7 1 ; per cent. B A r u it s i tM s r h al 1 1 6 0 ° , : 000 °°°°°0 4 6 1 4 per cent. Canada Company 1004 sh . . 231. pi 30i 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 99 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOOl, 20,000 1 /. 6 s. General Steam Navigatien ...151 sh. 13/. p d 22 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock P 2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company 25!. sh. 1214 pd 9 500,0001 New Brunswick Land Company ... ... 5041 pd 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1004 sh. 100/. pd 131 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 704 pd 95 4,000 10,000 65, Van Die..ner.'s Land 1004 sh. 171. pd II 001. sh 20, , `00 1,0( 0 6, 1 00 12,140 I 3,i)00 10,090 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JULY 2, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,009/. 61. p. ct. Bar •01 Scotland 83/. 6s Sd. all. all pd ]fizz, a 2,000,0X1. p. ct. Br.: .of Scotland 1 0 0 /. sh. all pd ;1114/. f t 500.09C1, r ct. Br. fish Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 240 i. o 3,000,0001. t. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 184 5.000,000 t. .-. Ni Ltional lOO/.sh. 10/. pd mg . 2,00440001. 61 p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd sir. 4,000,001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 561. 1111.SURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. 6} p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 11. pd 27, 7,500 rp. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 10/. pd 131 15, 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd . 8/ 15 s . 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd jai, 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 19 10, 5,000 ti p. ct. Edinburgh I.ife 100/. sh. 10/. pd 14110 s 100,000 3j p. ct. WeFt_ot Scotland lO/. pd 710 s DiI3CRLLANEOUS; ,810 ........ Ediri.;;;i G. Un. Canal 501. all pd 224 Ditto Allocated 91i1. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Elinh..loilt Stack Watcr 251. sh. all . pd iii ' Carrol !ma i,ompany ..,.,,2501. sh. all pd 441 2,0005 h 15 p er cent. Shots Iron Foundery 50/. sh 3 ,, 1. pd 511 10,060 :..; rcr cad. I•:,!mburgh & Leith Glass 20/. sh. 161 . pd si 4,500 10 p ; ,• ; , ; ;t. er; ,• ; , ; ;t.Edinburgh Coal Gas 9 51. sh. all pd 61i 4,45 n In pe: cent. Olasys pd Ay Gas 2 11 . sh. all pd at 750 7i per cant. Le a th Con' Gas .201. sh. all 4, 1,20 ......... Edinburg h and Dalkeith Railway...so/. eh °.,G /. ;000 5 par cent. Equitable Loan Compan7, ~V, eh. 94 pd 1% POST-OFFICE DEMANDS ON RAIL WAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—ln the discussions which have taken place upon the transmission of the mails by the railways without paying " toll," although leaving to arbitration the amount of compensation for the wear and tear" of the rails, one letter has appeared from a Railroad Proprietor, who appears to take a partial view of the subject. He considers that " a more harsh, tyrannical, or unjust measure, a more glaring violation of the rights of property it would be difficult to find in the annals of civilized Europe." He is further of opinion that the property of the Railways " is as absolutely and entirely vested in the proprie tors as any private property whatever in its possessor, or the Crown itself in our present gracious Sovereign." I am a bondholder upon a turnpike road in one of the mid land counties, for which I have hitherto received 5 per cent. interest (a rate limited by law), and also one instalment of 10 per cent. in liquidation of part of the principal. The bond came to me by inheritance ; it was lent under an Act of Par liament for making the road, and was no procedure of mine. When the Railway which runs nearly parallel to it was applied for, the bondholders petitioned that if the tolls of the road were in consequence no longer sufficient to meet our claim, the Railway Company should become liable for the deficiency. We thought this equitable, as the Company are not limited in the amount of their profits, and laid evidence before Parlia ment that their annual dividends would be 11 per cent. from the rates made payable in their Act. Our petition was op posed by the Railway Company and rejected, and it is become doubtful whether, on the completion of the railway, there will remain sufficient traffic upon the turnpike road to pay a further instalment upon the principal sum, or whether the interest even can then be provided for. We consider ourselves in the light of shareholders upon the road so long as our claims are unpaid, for the road could not have been made without these loans in the first instance. On this very road, if the mails bad been liable to tolls, the revenue from them would have materially reduced the original debt, but the mails on all the turnpike roads run not only toll free, but pay nothing towards the " wear and tear" of the road. I now submit to your readers whether " civilized Europe" does not contain at least one other measure " harsh, tyranni cal, and unjust." By a report to the House of Lords, it appears there are 1,119 turnpike trusts in England and Wales; that the debts upon them (including 321,526/. for unpaid interest), amount to 7,304,803/. (upwards of seven millions and a quarter) being 3681. per mile upon 19,798 miles of road, guaranteed by 3,783 Acts of Parliament, obtained at an expense of 1,500,0001. (one million and a half. ) Upon some roads the cross and branch traffic to the railway stations will doubtless increase their revenue ; but upon those which lie parallel to the great lines of railway, a serious dimi nution will take place. Yet we were told that " vested rights" must give way to public convenience and national improvement. All we now ask is, that those who held this language to us will not oppose its application in their own case, when called upon by public convenience and national improvement to make the sacrifice. The Post-office authorities have a further motive for inter ference from having already been subjected to an additional expenditure of 18,0001. per annum, at a period when they are urged to sanction a great and general reduction in the rates or postage. A TURNPIKE ROAD BONDHOLDER. July 14, 1838. THE QUEEN'S ARMS.—We observe that some of the Queen's tradesmen have marshalled the royal arms upon a lozenge, according to the practice of heraldry as to females, having been at the trouble of removing the shield on which they were wont to appear. We suspect that this is a piece of precipitate loyalty, showing the danger of " a little learning;" and lest others should be seduced to follow that expensive example, we may mention, that according to the heraldric authorities, sovereign princes, whether male or female, always blazen on a shield. "By the universal practice of Europe," says that sage autho rity Nisbet, " unmarried women must place their paternal arms in lozeng , s or fusile shields, and cannot place them in formal triangular shields, as men do, except they be sovereign Queens or Prircesses ; quia naturum nobilioris sesus participant, says John Fettle in his G:ory of Generosity;' and that sovereign Princesses may trim their shield of arms with all the exterior ornaments belonging to a King or sovereign Prince: as Mary, Queen of Scotkind, carried the royal achievement of that kingdom entire, and the same did Queen Elizabeth that of Eng land ''—Scotsman. The fol:owing daring robbery, committed in broad daylight on Wednesday last, close to Lord Holland's Park, has created a great sensation in the neighbourhood of Kensington. Between four and five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, as Miss Ellen Auterac, the sister of a highly respectable medical practitioner residing in High stree', Kei.siegton, was walking in a lane leading from Kensington, by _ . the side of Lord Holland's Park, to Notting-hill, she was stopped by a ! man of decent appearance, about 30 years of age, who pulled out, a pistol, which he presented at her breast, and violently demanded her money. Bliss Auterac, although dreadfullly alarmed, with great coolness replied that, having only come out for a walk, she had not brought her purse with her. On which the ruffian said he must then have her watch. That, Miss Auterac told him, she had also left at home, on which, without further parley, the villain re. moved from her rea a gold eye-glass and chain, with which, after again presenting his pistol, and threatening, if she attempted to follow him, he would shoot her, he decamped in the direction of Notting-hill, and effected his escape. The spot where the outrage took p 1 tee is close under the windows of a large establishment for young ladies kept by Miss Shepherd ; yet it was not observed by any person. Miss Auterac, having somewhat recovered from the fright, proceeded towards Ken sington, and acquainted the first policeman she met of the occurrence, who took her to the station-house of the T division, where she described the felow to be about five feet four inches high, pale complexion, dressed in a dark frock coat, buttoned close up to the neck and dark trowsers. Tuesday an inquest was held at Greenwich, on the body of IVilliam James Bridgeman, aged ten years, who was drowned on Friday morning last, while bathing. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased, who belonged to the Royal Naval Asylum, along with 4,hree companions about the same age, had clandestinely e,caped from the establishment for the purpose of bathing in the river. The deceased, who could swim only a little, was sporting in the water with one of his comrades, when he got out of his depth and was drowned. It was stated that at certain times of the tide, the part of the river to which the boys had resorted was exceedingly dangerous. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." The boys had no excuse whatever for leaving the asylum, as there is an excellent switnming bath within its boundaries. i Friday will long be held in remembrance b y the n habitants of Paisley, as a day of much interest in the local history of the town. On it the sluices of Stanley Resorvoir were publicly opened, and a plentiful supply of excellent water, conveyed by pipes placed within the reach of the inhabitants at large. The contributing grounds from which the supplies are drawn, extend to somewhat above 800 acres ; of that extent about forty.tive acres are occupied'as a reservoir, which, when filled, will be at the deepest part thirty.three feet, and will contain thirty-six million cubic feet of water. The outlay of the Com pany up to the present time, has been, we believe, about 32,0001. Gr. - clock Advertiser. SHARPER OUTWITTED.—At Nortlitown fair, last week, a countrymen sold his horse for 131., of which sum 3/. was paid in sovereigns, and a 101. flash note for the remainder. The owner of the horse, doubting the genuine character of the note, insisted on taking it to one of the banks; upon which the fellow who had paid it snatched it away, and having torn it in pieces, required the repayment of the three sovereigns. This was resolutely refused by the coun. ti yman, observing, that he should keep the horse and the three sove. reigns ui.til 10/. more in good money was brought him. The sharper immediately slunk away, glad in being able to secure himself from sum. mary punishm: nt for his knavish intentions. — Taunton Courier. An inquest was held on Friday, at Nottingham, on an infant child. It appeared from the evidence that a basket, directed "'Mrs. Jones, Albion.street, Nottingham," was sent from London by the Commercial coach, which arrived here on Wednesday morning, and upon inquiry no such person as Mrs. Jones could be found in Albion. street or the neighbourhood, and some straw being obse rved in the basket it was conjectured to contain game, and, being apprehensive it would spoil, the basket was opened, when the porter was horror-struck at discovering what he supposed to be game to be a child. The surgeon, having examined the child, said it was the body of a female about five months old, that it appeared to have been perfectly healthy, and bore no marks of violence; he thought it probable the child had been overlaid or died in convulsions, or from the effects of a small quantity of laudanum given to quiet it —Verdict accordingly. SIR WALTER SCOTT.—The gentry and inhab; ants of the county of Selkirk have determined cn erecting a testimonial cf their respect and admiration for his memory, and the Town Council of Selkbk have unanimously granted a site at the market cross. The Duke of Buccleugh. with his usual liberality and patriotic spirit, has come forward to head the subscription with a sum of fifty g,ineas. — Scotsman. SCOTCH MARRIAGES.—III Scotland, the facil' of marriage startles a southern. I remember, when partaking of the hospitalities of Mr. David Laing, at Edinburgh, that Dr. Lee, towards eight o'clock, seemed to leave the room abruptly, after looking at his watch. He returned within twenty minutes. " What havo you been about ?" observed the host. " Only marrying a couple on the third flat in the High-street;" was the doctor's reply. This, with us, would have been a special licence matter, at the cost of at least 301.—Dr. Dib din's Northern Tour. MR OwEN.—The well-known Mr. Owen, from Lanark, has been enlightening the good people of Norwich on the sub. ject of his paralellogrammatic plan for making all the men, women, and children of the earth angels of heaven. INDIAN GRATITUDE.—The following extract of a letter, from a lady in Upper Canada to a friend in Edinburgh, exhibits, in the most graphic manner, the simple, but sincere and honest, grati tude which even the ignorant Indian is found to evince t o his friends. Speaking of the late disturbances in Canada—she is at heart a stern royalist--she says " In the upper part of the province, which was more immediately the scene of warfare, the coloured population rose in abodv, requesting that they might be put foremost in the ranks in " defence of that Government which treated them as men I"—a large portion of the coloured people of Canada are' runaway slaves from the land of liberty." Here is pictured the noble impulse of nature, which the' untutored its I n dian displays in enthusiasm a n d devotion to the cause of the Govern. v Y hings towards one simple elements : he doesnothing meet which treats him a s a man.—Scottish Pilot. MAN'S AGENCY. — Accord in g to the political economists be he e r traced d to move another, and he can separate t hem one from the other . t e a b g u e t n producecy of ro a motion m ay The IVexford Independent, whose probable ex tinction, owing to the prosecution for libel instituted against it by Dr. Elrington, was alluded to a day or two ago by our Dublin correspon. dent, we are happy to see has not only survived the assault, but a subscription has been set on foot, in order to meet the costs and damages imposed on the proprietor. At a meeting held last Tuesday, at Pagaot, John H. Talbot, Esq., M.P., in the chair, a series of resolu tious was passed, of which one was—" That we consider it our bounden duty at once to enter into a subscription (which we feel certain will be followed by every parish in the county), in order to assist John Greene, Esq., to meet the recent legal charges imposed upon him." THE MAN OF SEVEN WIVES.--While standing to examine these, and wondering at their strange uniformity, a respect. able-looking old gentleman, who was passing through the burying ground, laid his hand upon my shoulder, and pointing to a handsomely cut stone fixed in the wall of the church immediately behind them, told me that the name and effigy engraved upon it were those of a master mason of Salzbourg, and the seven iron crosses which reared themselves in a row before him, marked the graves of seven wives whom he had lived to place in this orderly array before taking his own station against the church.wall, whence be seemed destined to look down upon them for ever. lleaven grant, fur his soul's sake, that they all came fairly by their end ! Rut truly there is something suspicious looking in the heavy D.al let which, with other emblems of his handicraft, rises carved in high re. lief upon his tomb.—Yienna and the Austrians. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION SUPPLY. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JULY 20. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment pro posed, to leave out from the word " That," to the end of the Ques tion in order to add the words " this House deeply regrets, that the Laws affecting the Regulation of the Labour of Children in Facto ries, having been found imperfect and ineffective to the purpose for which it was passed, has been suffered to continue so long without any amendment," instead thereof Lord Ashley :)—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The House divided : - MAJORITY—AYES, 121. Alston, Rowland- Hertfordshire Lushington, Charles-Ashburton Archbold, R o b er t-Kild are Lynch, A. H.-Galway Bainbridge, E. T.-Taunton M . Leod , R.-Inverness Baines, Edward -Leeds M c Namara , Ma j . W. N.-Clare Co. icannerman A.-Aberdeen Maher, Jno.- Wex ford Co. Barnard, E. G.- -Greenwich Martin, John -Tewkesbury Bellew, It. M.-Louth Martin, Thomas -Galway Co. Berkeley, Hon. C.-Cheltenham Maule, Hon. Fox-Elgin Burghs Bernal, Ralph-Rochester Morpeth, Lord-Yorkshire, Blake, Martin J.-Galway Murray, Right Hon. J. A.-Leith Brodie, W. 8.-Salisbury Muskett, George A.-St. Alban's ;irotherton, J.-Salford O'Connell, D aniel Dublin Buller, E. -North Staffordshire O'Connell, John-Athlone Byng, George-Middlesex O'Connell, M. J.-Kerry Campbell, Sir John-Edinburgh O'Connell, Morgan-Meath Chalmers, Patrick-Inverbervie t)'Ferrall, Richard M.-Kildare Chichester, J. P. 8.-Barnstaple Paget, Frederick-Beaumaris Childers, John W.-Malton Parker John-Sheffield Clay, W.-To wer H a mlets Parker , R. T.-Preston Clements, Visc.-Leitrim Co. Parnell, Sir H.- Dundee Collins, W -Warwick Pechell, Captain-Brighton Crawley, Samuel - Bedford Pendarves, E. W.-W. Cornwall CrOmpton, S.-Thirsk Philips, Mark-Manchester 1 - urry, William-Armagh Pinney, W.-Lyme Regis Dalrneny, Lord-Stirling Price, Sir R.-Herefordshire Divett, Edward-Exeter Pryme, George - Cambr id ge Duckworth, Samuel-Leicester Redington, T. N.-Dundalk Easthope, J.-Leicester Rice, Right Hon. T. S.-Cambridge Eliot, Hon. J. E.-Roxburghshire Roche, E. 8.-Cork Co. Etwall, Ralph-Andover Roche, Sir David-Limerick Evans, G.-Dublin County Rolfe, air R. M.-Fenryn Ferguson, Sir R. A.-Londonderry Russell, Lord John-Stroud Ferguson, Robert -Kirkaldy Salwey, Lieut.-Col.-Ludlow - Finch, F.-Walsall Sanford, E. A.-Somersetshifo Fitzroy, Lord C.-Bury St. Edm. Seymour, Lord-Totness French, F.-Rosscommon Sheil, Richard Lalor-Tipperary Dillon, Wm. D.-Linlitligow Smith, J. A.-Chichester Gordon, Robert-Windsor Smith, Benjamin-Norw;ch Grey, Sir George-Devonport Smith, R. V. -Northampton Grey, Sir Charles Edwara-Tyne. Somerville, Sir W.-Droghede mouth Stewart, James--Honiton Gr. svenor, Lord R.-Chester Stuart, Lord J.-Ayr Hall, Sir Benjamin-'Nlar y lebone Struts, Edward -Derby Handley, Henry-Lincolnshire Surrey, Earl of-. West Sussex ' Hastie, Archibald -Paisley Thomson, Right Hon. C. P. -Man- Hawes, Benjamin-Lambeth cheater Hayter, W. G.-Wells Thoruely, Thos. - Wolverhampto n Lord Hill, ord A. M. C.-Evesham Troubridge, Sir T. E.-Sandwich H o bhouse, Right Hon. Sir J. Cam Turner, Edmund-Truro Nottingham Vigors, N. A.-Carlow Co Hobhouse, T. Benjamin-Rochester Villiers, l'. P.-Wolverhampton Hollond, Robert-Hastings Vivian, Sir R. H.-East Cornwall Hoskins, K.-Herefordshire Wall, C. Baring-Guildford Howard, P. H.-Carlisle Wallace, Reber t-Greenock Howard, R.-Wicklow Co. Warburton, H.-Bi idport Howick, Vi.c.-Northumberland White, Andrew- Sunder! ind Hume, Jo;eoh-Kilkenny Williams, W. A.-Monmouthshire Hurst, It. H -Horsham Wood, Charles-Halifax Hutt, W.-Hull Wood, Sir Matthew-London Hutton, Robert-Dublin Wood, G. W.-Kendal Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry- Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow Taunton TELLERS. Langdale, Hon .C.-Knaresborough Stanley, E. John-North Cheshire Lefevre, C. Shaw-North Hants Steuart, Robert--Haddington, &c. MINORITY. Acland, Sir T. D.—.N DevOnshire Acland, T. D.—West Somerset Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Alsager, 11.—Surrey Arbuthnot, Gen.—Kincardineshire Bagge, W.—West Norfolk Bantle, H. D.—Honiton Baker, Edward—Wilton Baring, H. B.—Marlborough Bateson, R.—Londonderry Benett, J.—South Wiltshire Ben tinck, t ord G.—Lynn Blackburne, I. J.—Warrington Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Bowes, John—South Durham Bradshaw, James—Canterbury Broadley, Henry—East Yorkshire Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater lsrownrigg, J. S.—Boston Broges, W. H. L.—Bath Bryan, M Geo.—Kilkenny Co. Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Canning, Right Hon. Sir S. - Lynn Chute, W. L. W.—West Norfolk Coote, Sir C.—Queen's County Corry, Elms. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Dalrymple, S r A.—Brighton Darby, ticorge—East Sussex De Horsey, S. H.—Newcastle-under Lyme Dick, Quintin—Maldon Dougla=, Sir C E Warwick Duffield, Thomas—Abingdon o.ittbar, George—Belfa t Eaton, R. J.—Cambridgeshire Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall Ellis, John—Newry Estcourt, T. Junior —Devivs Fr 11 ha , n, B B. —N. Leicestershire rieldcn, John—Oldham Filmer, Sir E.—West Kent Fitzroy, Hon. Henry—Lewes Lett, Sir \V.—Exeter Gibson, 1 homas—lpsvt ich Gladstone, W. E.— Newark.on.Trent (;ordon, Hon. W —Aberdeenshire Gore, Ormsby—Salop Goulburn, Right 'don. H.—Cam-' bridge University Graham, Right Hon Sir J. R. G., Bt..—Pembroke Grant, Hon. Colonel—Elginshire Grimsditch, .—fiacclestield k. ardinge, Right Hon. Sir 11.—Laun. ceston :laves, Sir E.—Donegal Herbert, Hon. Guth Wilts -NOES, 106. Hillsborough, Earl o7—Down Hindley, Charles—Ashton Hodgson, Frederick —Barnstaple Hope, Charles—Linlithgowshire Hope, G. W.—Woymoutli Inglis, Sir R. H.—Oxford University James, Sir W. C.—Kingston on-Hull Jones, T.—l, aidonderry Co. Kemble, H.— Wc.st Surrey Knightley, Sir C. —Northamptonsh. Lefroy, Rt. Hon. T.—Dublin Uni- versity Lincoln, Earl of—South Notts Lockhart, A . M.— Lanarkshire Lowther. J. H.—York Lucas, Edward—Monaghan Mackenzie, Thomas—Ress-shire Maclean, Donald—Oxford Milnes, R. M.—Pontefract Monypenny, 'l. G.—Rye Neeld, John—Cricklade Norrcys, Lord—Oxfordshire Ossulston, Lord—North Northum. berland Pakington, J. S —Droitwich Palmer, George—Essex Pemberton Thomas--Ripon Perceval, Pemberton, Co. Perceval, G. J West Surrey Praed, W. NI.—A ylesbur y Pracd, W. Ives Richards, Richard—Merionethshire Rose, Sir George--Christchurch Round, John —Maldon Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk Rushout, George Bowles—Evesham Scarlett, Hon. J. Y.—Guildford Sheppard, Thomas—FroMe S:btliorp, Colonel—Lincoln Sinclair, Sir George- Caithness Smith, Abel—Hertfordshire Spry, Sir S. T.—Bothnin Sturt, Henry Charles—Dsrsetshire St}le, Sir Charles—Scarborough feignmouth, Lord - Mary lebone 'Thomas, Colonel—Kinsale Thompson, Ald.—Sundet land Vere, Sir C. B. —Eait Satfolk Verner, William—Armagh Co. ,'Vivian, John Ennis—Truio ‘Vadri n;:toil ' H. S.—West Suffolk Williams, NNilliana—Coventry Wilmot, Sir J. E.—Warwickshire • IWodehouse, Edmund—Norfolk TELLERS. Ashley, Lord—l)or,etsliire Fremantle, Sir Thomas—Bucks SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BISHOP'S CASTLE RACES-1V EDNESAAY. The Farmer's Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added by the Members for the Southern Division, for horses, &c., not thoroughbred, and that have been regularly hunted. Heats, about two miles. Mr. Christian's b. g. King Harry, 4 yrs, lOst. 71b Mr. Hughes's b. f. by Astbury, 4 yrs, 10st. 71b Mr. Morris's b. g. by, Eastgrove, 4 yrs, lOst. 71b 1 3 3 Mr. Sparrow's b. g. by Master Henry, 5 yrs, list. 71b 2 dr Mr. Jones's b. g. Rd ante, 5 yrs, 1 Ist. 71b Won by half a neck. The Castle Stakes of 5 SOTS. each, and 25 added by Viscount Clive, for horses, &c., of all ages. Heats, about a mile and three quarters. Mr. T. James's Jim Crow, 4 yrs, list Mr. Jones's Emily, 6 yrs, 9st. 21b 2to lon Emily. Two well contested heats Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added from the Fund, the second horse to receive 5 sovs. Heats. Mr. Hughes's b. f. by Astbury, 4 yrs Mr. Sparrow's b. g. by Master Henry, 5 yrs Mr. Jones's Reliance, 5 yrs .. Won by half a head. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETlNG.—Tirunsnir. (CONCLUDED.) Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; three years old, 7st. 51b ; four, 9st. llb ; five, 9st. 111 b; six yrs and aged, lOst. 21b. Two mile heats. Lord Eglinton's St. Martin, 3 yrs Lye 4 1 1 Mr. F erguson ' s H ar k away , 4 yrs 1 2 dr Mr. Mostyn's The Brown Duchess, 3 yrs '2 dis Mr. Davies na. St. Leonard, 3 yrs 3 dr First Heat-3 to lon Harkaway ; won very easy Second Heat-4 and stol on Harkaway, who was beaten in a canter. FRIDAY. The Stanley Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft , and 30 added; for two yrs old,: 6st. Sib; three yrs, B st. 101 b. Fillies allowed 31bs. T.Y.C. 3 Subs. Mr. Price's Captain Pops, 3 yrs Mr. Buckley's ch. f. by Muley, 2 yrs Mr. Meiklam's Wee Willie, 3 yrs ... 5 to 4 on Captain Pops, 10 to 6 agst Wee Willie, and 6 to 1 agst Miss Orville filly. Won easy by a length. The Knowsley Dinner Stakes, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for three years old ; colts, fist. 61b ; and filiies, Bst. 21b. Once round. 7 Subscribers. Lord Derby's Ole Bull Sir T. Stanley's Piccaroon Lord Wilton's f. by Tramp 6 to 4 on Piccaron, who was beaten by twelve lengths The Stand Cup, of 100 sovs. (in specie), added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft. Once round and a distance. M. Jones Tye 1 2 9 Subs. Lord Derby's Parolles, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b Mr. Ogden's The Black Prince, 6st. 101 b Lord Stanley's Argante, 4 yrs, ist. 101 b Lord Eglinton's The Black Diamond, 5 yrs, 9st. Sib 6 tos on Parolles, and 4 to 1 agst The Black Prince. Won by half a length. ETIQUETTE OF THE COURT OF LOUIS At the King's dinner and supper, the captain of the guard was always behind his Majesty's arm-chair. He allowed no one at these times to converse with him upon business. At rising, when the first maid in waiting had put on the Queen's shoes and stockings, her Majesty herself put on her garters, which, as well as her petticbat, the bedchamber woman gave to her, having received them from the first maid in wait ing, who had presented them to her. The Queen, as it appears, had the liberty to put on her garters herself. Upon occasions it was allowed to the prig to do the same, but the first valet.de.chambre was obli g ed at bed time to untie the garter of the left leg ; it is not said that he undid the other. His Majesty had a cravatier, who was to arrange his neckcloth ; the office of putting on the cravat belonged to the master of t h e wardrobe. If, however , w hen the c ravat was put on, the cravatier discovired that any part of it did not sit well, the cravatier could touch it, and himself put on the King's cravat in the absence of the superior officer. Well may M. Barriere exclaim how irksome a thing Royalty must have seemed to one who could not p ut on as he pleased, his gar ters, his cravat, o r his stockin g s ! But to continue—in the higher de- Partments, in the first employments of the state, pa rticular p rivile g es overwhelmed with good_luck and glory those who possessed those em. loymen t s . If the King desired to have a little bro th in the co urse of Pthe morning, the first maitre d'hotel had the right of accompanying it. If a us de justice" was held, it was the grand chamberlain's privilege to lie on the ground at his master's feet, unless, however, he preferred a place under the canopy which covered the monarch. The grand ecuyer had the misfortune to be more conveniently or comfortably seated, but, as a consolation, he wore round his neck the King's dress sword. At the time of mass, the chief almoner gave the holy water to the King. At the chase, at the moment his Majesty mounted on horse. back to go to the laisser courre, the grand veneur presented to him a s tick to move the branches out of the way. Every employment had thus its prerogative, which satisfied the self-love of the holder of it. Nothing was disdained at his court which might serve as an introduction to favour, or serve as a guide to fortune. Placed nearer to the Prince, the first gentlemen of the Chamber had, according to ancient etiquette, more agreeable duties to perform; they were commissioned to order the apparel, par ratroovainaire, when there were balls, ballets, masqu erades, and similar diversions at court. It was th e i r o ffi ce to re: gulate the characters which were to be taken, and the comedies which were to be performed. It is easy from these circumstances to conceive the number and importance of their occupations. A s f or the gentlemen i n ordinary, it was their privilege to go and receive the ambassadors of the Schah of Persia, and the messengers of th e G rand Turk. A con s t a ble and certain marshals of France once h e ld a place amongst them, an honour of which they had reason to be proud, and they are not the less glorious in the eyes of the nation that they have had as brethren, at various periods, Malherbe, Racine, and Voltaire.—Thorns' Book of the Court. On the Truro railroad, on Saturday, a young matt, rimed Mitchell, in getting off the waggons which were loadeil with cop per o re, got his frock entangled in one of the whe,lt, which threw him ou the rails, and the waggons piOsing over him cut him in hal . up the middle of his body.—E.reter Post. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1835. NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE (From the Ilai,pshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY 21.----The Waterwitch, 10, Lieutenant William Austin acting. arrived yesterday front the coast of Africa, leaving at Ascension, en the 11th of June, her Ma jesty's ship Pelican and Rover cutter, all well, and the island perfectly healthy. The Pylades was in the Bight of Biaffra. The Scout anti Viper at the Cape. The Lynx and Forester cruising in the B;ght of Benin. The Waterwitch .eld been healthy till she sailed from Ascension on the 3(.1 of May last, when a sudden attack carried off three of the men in one day, and the whole of the crew (three excepted) experienced vio lent and dreadful' attacks of fever. Tne unfortunate Cont mender Dickey expired on the 29th of May; the Gunner, Thomas Stevens, with thirteen men and boys, experienced a similar fate, and it was only with the greatest exertions of her present Commander she was enabled again to reach Ascen sion, where orders were immediately given to her to proceed to England. The Waterwitch .epoke, on the 29:h of June, the ship Paragon, for Liverpool, from Calcutta, out 108 days. The Dublin, Rainbow, Childers, and Racer, all recently paid off, are to be again prepared for service. The Sovereign transport sailed on Thursday for Bermuda, with 140 convicts from Woolwich, and 60 from this port, to complete the docks, breakwater, forts, and roads in that island. Lieut. C. D. Robertson, Royal Engineers, took passage in the Sovereign for Bermuda. The ship Portsea, for Sydney, has shipped 240 convicts from this port ; :she will sail in a few days. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenants the Hon. George Fowler Hastings and Vernon Anson, to the rank of Commander; Messrs. Wm. H. Ainslie and Augustus Alger non Villiers, to the rank of Lieutenant ; Messrs. Thos. Kidd (late Assistant Surgeon of the Dublin), Thomas `Wiliam Jewell ( Assistant Surgeon of the Apollo), Harvey Morris (of the Royal George), and Mr. Brown, of the Excellent, to the rank of Surgeon. Commander W. Luckraft, to the Belle. rophon ; Commander Granville Gower Lock, to the Fly ; Lieut. Jobn Simpson (a) to command Weazle ; Commander E. Pilkington, to the Coast Guard at Sheerness ; Lieutenant Robilliard to command the Seaflower ; Lieuts. J. P. B. Von Donop, Peter Fisher, and W. S. Wiseman, to be additional Lieutenants of the 'Wellesley; Lieut. J. H. Bridges, to the Excellent; Dr. Samuel Irvine, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mate ; Messrs. J. H. Patterson, Dr. H. H. Turnbull, John M•Leod, and W. W. Baynes, additional Assistant-Surgeons; Mr. A. _ Scott, additional Clerk, to the Britannia ; Mr. C. Sparshott, Mate, to the Edinburgh ; Mr. T. Bowen, Second Master, to the Herald ; the Rev. John U. Campbell, Chaplain ; Mr. A. Cumming, Mate; and Mr. Gilbert F. M. Martin, Assistant Surgeon, to the Hastings; Lieut. E. Herrick, to the Aetrea ; Messrs. E. H. Derriman, William K`Kinlay, and John Peters, additional Assistant Surgeon, to the Royal Adelaide ; Mr. H. S. Dyder, additional Clerk, to the Melville ; Mr. Edmund Webber, Midshipman, to the Jasseur ; Mr. Wacey, Midshipman, (late Dublin), to the Herald ; Messrs. Henry Bailey and Alex. ill`Nighten, Mates, to the Jasseur ; Mr. H. B. Mottley, Mate, to the Savage ; Mr. H. T. Veitch, Mate, to the Cornwallis ; Mr. W. Budd, Supernumary Carpenter, from the Victory, to be Supernumary Carpenter of the San Josef. (From the Devonport Independent.) PLYMOUTH, Jut.y 21.—Captain Tayler took the command of the San Josef, 120, and the ships in Ordinary, on Sunday last, from which Rear- Admiral Hancock retires, on his pro motion. The Jaseur, 16, Com. Boultbee, and Savage, 10, Lieut. H. J. Lacon, went out of Harbour into the Sound on Monday, were paid advance of wages on Wednesday, and sail ;in a few days, the former for the Mediterranean, and the latter for the North Coast of Spain. The Weazle, 10, Lieut John Simpson, was paid advance of wages on Sa'urday, and sailed on Monday for Malta, touch ing at Gibraltar. The Rover, 16, Commando'. C. Eden, was paid off on Monday. The Steam-transport Messenger, arrived in the Sound on Monday, on her way to Chatham. with the 11th depot. She landed some invalids, and then proceeded to her destination. - Ti; troop-ship Jupiter, R. Easto, Esq , Master-Comman der, came into Harbour on Tuesday, to•have her defects made good. The Penguin, 10, was undocked yesterday, and is ready for commission. _ _ _ _ The Buzzard is ordered to be commissioned -at this port. , The Tortoise lighter sailed on Tuesday, with stores to Fal mouth. The sloop Pilot was warped alongside the sheer-hulk on Friday, to have her masts put on board previous to being put in commission. The Skylark arrived on Friday from Falmouth, and came into harbour the same day to refit. The Rover, 16, 4 ordered to be brought forward, and fitted for commission. In the Sound—Jasseur and:Savage. In Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide, San Josef, Jupiter, Night ingale, and Skylark. We have received letters from the Malabar, 74, Captain Harvey, dated Quebec, June 24. The Commander-in-Chief of the station, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget, G.C. H., arrived there a few days previous in the Cornwallis, 74, and is expected to remain during the summer months. Everything relative to the movements of her Majesty's ships appeared very uncertain. It appears that the American Go vernment are willing to co-operate with the British to suppress the outrages which, from time to time, are occurring on the frontiers. It is expected that the Malabar will shortly return to England, as there does not appear at present any reason for keeping up so large a naval force as is at present lying at Quebec, viz., Cornwallis, 74, Malabar, 74, Hercules, 74, In constant, 36, Ves'al, 28, Andromache, 28, and Medea and D ce, steamers. By a letter received from the Island of Ascension, dated the 27. h of May, we regret to learn the death of Mr. Henry George Garland Harrison, Surgeon of the Viper, who expired on the previous day. He had taken his passage from England in the Lynx, to join the Pylades, to which vessel he was ap pointed, but while at Prince's Island, the Viper touched there in a sickly state, and without a medical attendant ; he was placed on board, and in the arduous duties that devolved on him in the care of the sick, to whom he was unremitting in his attention, it is supposed he subjected himself to the attack of the fatal and insidious disease (fever) which carried him off on his arrival at Ascension, after a very short illness. He died beloved and regretted by the officers and companies of every vessel he had been on board of. The deceased was twenty five years of age. His remains were interred at Comfoit Cove, in a grave adjoining that of his cousin, Mr. Jolley, Assistant Surgeon, who died on this station, of the same fever, a short time before him. By other accounts from the same vessel, we hear that she has lost by the same disease, Mr. William Bone, Clerk-in-Charge, Mr. Coker, Mate, and five seamen. We have received letters and papers from Nassau (New Providence), to the 15th June. H. M. S. Thunder, Lieut. Barnett, arrived there on the 6th, from the survey of the shoal on which the Madagascar struck a short time since, situate on the Coast of Yucatan ; it has never yet been marked on any chart, and is named the " Madagascar Shoal." The Thunder is gone to Bermuda, to replace two anchors which she lost. Mr. Lawrence proceeds to Exuma in the Lightning tender, to survey some of the heights on that coast. Vegetation was in a very backward state at Nassau ; it revived, however, in consequence of the heavy rain which fostunately set in on the 3d and 4th of June. On the 7th, Lieut.-Governor Cockburn, attended by his staff opened the House of Assembly. On:the 24th ult., his Excellency gave a grand ball to the whole of the gar rison and staff, in honour of her Majesty's birth-day, which was attended by all the fashionables of the place. On the 31st ult. the William Forster, from London, arrived, bringing pas senger Mr. Mends (son of M. B. Mends, Esq., Store-Receiver of this Dock- yard), to join the 2,1 West India Regiment. The Sappho, 16, Commander T. Fraser, has captured the brig Carnoens, with 580 slaves on board. The slaves were landed at New Providence. The Camocns was to call at 13,rmuda, and with the others sail for Sierra Leone for con demnation, there being no Portuguese Commissioner at Ha vannab. We understand that this vessel was captured on the Anquila Bank, in 16 feet of water ; only six shots were fired at her by the Sappho, before she struck, a few days previous to their arrival at Nassau. On leaving the African coast she had about 800 of these unfortunate creatures, who, to judge from the appearance of the vessel, must have been thickly stowed; soon after their embarkation a mutiny or quarrel had taken place on board, in consequence of there being two dis • tinct tribes of them, which ended in the destruction of a great number. The Portuguese slave brig Diligent, arrived at Nassau, in charge of Lieutenant Hawkins, of H. M. S. Pearl, 20, Com mander Lord Clareace Paget—this vessel was captured by the Pearl on the 22d of April, off Cape Antonio ; at the time of capture she bad 479 slaves on board, since which several have died. Two CHILDREN POISONED.—On the morning of Thursday the sth, as Alexander Ross, mason, was employed on the premises of a merchant in Inverness, setting a grate in an empty apart ment, he observed, in a small pantry adjoining the room, a paper con taining a number of little round pills, having the appearance, as he says, of " damaged carvies" or confections; a conclusion which he the more readily adopted as the house had been previously occupied by a grocer. He tasted the pills, and, finding them rather sweet, he put them in his pocket, and took theM with him when he went to his breakfast. His wife thought they did not appear very good, but, anticipating no harm, she gave them to her children after her husband had returned to his work. Five children partook of the supposed sweetmeats ; the youngest soon took ill, and the others also became unwell ; the former, an infant, died on Sunday forenoon ; and another, about six years old, died the came evening. Strange to say, the unfortunate parents did not think of calling in medical assistance till the Sunday, when it was too late to save the deceased children. Of the remainder, one has completely reco vered, but the other two are still in a dangerous state. On examination, it was ascertained that the pills were formed of arsenic, made up with flour, and were placed in the spot where they were found by a former occupant of the premises, in order to destroy rats. This melancholy ac cident will, we trust, afford a useful, though a dearly.bought, caution to parents and others, as to the disposal of poison in dwelling-houses.— Inverness Courier. . _ _ A sinJular discovery has been made at the Dan/ , Margate, of an extensive grotto, which appears to have been excavated about the time of the Saxon heptarchy, and which affords matter for deep reflection, and will probably throw some light on the habits of our Saxon ancestors. The Dane is celebrated as the field of a decisive and terrible engagement fought between the Saxons and Danes. From time to time objects have been disinterred which show the deadly nature of the struggle, including numerous human bones, not yet reduced to dust; and even entire skeletons imbedded in soft chalk, and thus pre served, as with a coating of cement, from decomposition. Armour and warlike weapons of the fashion of that early period have also bet!" found. The grotto, which has just been laid open, does not appear to have any reference_ to the battle. It extends to a great distance under the hil!, and :s laid out in serpentine walks, alcoves, and passages of considerable extent, the sides being htiiiith.tl with shells, forakd into eaborate and curious cievict,, and UouLtis t,accuted by torchlight. The discovery of this remarkable structure vsaa futilely r,c;,idental, and in consequence of souse excavation made on the spot by the pro prietor of the land.—Dover Telegraph. 2 2 LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT O 1 CHANCF,RY, JULY 21. E:IPARTR BFATON IN RE BEATOV. Mr. ANDERTON filireCd in this ea. , .e to discharge Robert Bea. ton, a ban frog, the curtimtment of the Subdivision Court in Bankrupt,..y. The fiist oljection to the commit:wnt was, that the Subdivision Court, in its examination of the ba;:krupt, did not refer to and continuo the previous xami. nation of the bankrupt before a single Commissioner, but pro ceeded to exami:,e him de novo. The second objection wag, that the warrant of commitment did not state with sufficient clearness and precision the reasons for which he was com mitted. . Mr. SWANSTON met the first objection by contending that. according to established practice, the commitment iv:.uld have been wrong if the Subdivision Court had not fully exa mined he bankrupt de novo. The second objection they con tended Was also incapable of being supported. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinio❑ that the first objec tion was not entitled to much cof sPeraticri. With rospect to the seco;.d objection, his Lore ship thou4ht that the language ttcd in the warrant of commitment had the same import as the words presented by the Statute, and that the commitment was perfectly legal. Mr. ArDERTON, after the disposal of thcs: two legal ques tions, proceeded to contend on the facts of the case, that there was nothing in the general oxamination of the bankrupt to warrant his commitment. The LORD CHANCELLOR was clearly of opinion that the bankrupt had not given a satisfactory account of his property, and he, therefore, dismissed the application with costs. The casts of resisting the motion to be paid out of the bankrupt's estate. OXFORD CIIIC Ul t—SitmerrsßußY, JULY 20. Lord Abinger arered here yesterday afternoon, and having opened the Commissbn, attended [divine service. The civil business commonecd this morning at nine o'clock. There are but five causes entered, one of which, a special jury base, b lag a question of pedigree, is expected to occupy a conside rnble time. Beyond this there does not appear to be anything of particular importance. The calendar contains only sixteen prisoners. There is one case of murder. William Bast&bury, a collier, aged 39, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Machin, also a collier. After hearing evidence, his Lordship summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter. Sentence—Twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT KENSINGTON. On Saturday appeared some particulars of a daring robbery committed on a lady named Auterac, residing at Kensing ton. Miss Auterac having given a description of her assail ant, extra policemen were in consequence placed in the neighbourhood, for the purpose of securing the villain, should he again attempt a similar outrage ; when nothing was heard of him until Saturday afternoon, when, as a gentleman of the name of Senior, residing at No. 2, Norland-place, Not ting-hill, accompanied by his son and daughter, two chil dren about eight and ten years of age, was proceeding up the line whir° Mis ; Auterac was attacked, he was stopped by a fellow answering the description given, who stepping up to Mr. Senior, and presenting two pistols to his breast de mand " his money or his life." Mr. Senior seeing no im mediate assistance near, and fearing his children might, if the ruffian fired receive the charge intended for him, with great presence of mind pushed them from him, and at the same instant his murderous assailant snapped both the pistols at him. That in his right hreal fortunately missed fire, but the one in his left hand was discharged, Mr. Senior receiving the con tents in his right side near the groin M-.:Seniar, although feel leg himself woundee, with great determination seized the villain by the throat, and, though he mode a ma_t desperate resistance, succeeded in keeping fast h&c' of him until a man named Coe, a gardener in the service of the Duke of Bedford, at Camp deabill, followed by a servant in the establishment of Sir John Frazer, arrived to his assistance, when his assailant was with great difficulty secured and conveyed toward, Kensington, meeting with polio e constable White, T. 119, he was given into charge. On reach'ng the station-house, and being brought before Inspector Black, he behaved with the greatest impudence and effrontery, first saying his name was John Brown, and then saying they might enter it in the charge sheet as " Jack Turpin" if they pleased ; and when ques tioned as to his residence he said that they might put down that he had none, or that he lived a hundred miles off. On searching him there were found on him the two pistols, one of which was loaded up to the muzzel, a bag con taining fifteen bullets, a phial, and two papers of power. a duplicate for a silk handkerchief, and a weapon of a most murderous description, about two feet long, with a knob of formidable dimensions at one end, and a string to Lsten round the wrist at the other. Previous to his being locked up Miss Auterac was brought to the.station-house by Pummell, the Kensington beadle, when she immediately iden tified him as the person by whom she was stopped on Wed nesday, and he was in consequence detained on both charges. At seven o'clock on Saturday he was before F. P. Barlow, Esq., the sitting magistrate at Kensington, the magistrate a room being crowded to excess, and the outside of the house surroundei by hundreds of persons, when the whole of the witnesses not being in attendace, after a short preliminary in vestigation, he was remanded for further examination till this day. Mr. Senior has, we understand, been but slightly in jured, the purse in his pocket turning off the shot with which the pistol was loaded, several of which,. however, penetrated his left hand while attempting to turn the muzzle of the w eapon up wards. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 20.—The business transacted this week has been moderate, at steady prices. The London market is so much below Bristol, that our trade is (as is so awn the case) restricted to those places, few comparatively in number , that cannot readily supplied from other ports. We may naturally, there fore, expect to see the demand in London continue, as it has late) , beon, very great—for the London dealers have our trade and their own : their market may even advance in consequence, without mending our position. There is no life nor energy here; no MO who wants 20 hhds., will buy 40 ; London must advance to ours (which is rather a remote spculation) or we must decline to thei r standard. We don't think there are two opinions which event will take place.—Bristol Mercury. On Saturday last a fine active child, three years Of age, the son of William Lloyd, gatekeeper, at Machynlleth, Mon t ' gomeryshire, was thoughtlessly despatched by another lad to a neigh' inuring house, to bring a light wherewith to light a pipe. The little fellow departed on his errand, but was instantly heard to shriek veil& mently, and his agonized father, on rushing to his assistance, behe ld him enveloped in flames! In his efforts to extinguish them the father was fearfully sc , rehed ; but the poor boy was released from his suffer' ings by death on the ensuing morning.—Shreresbury Chronicle. SHROPSHIRE.--The prejudices excited against the New Poor Law among the ignorant and the interested, are, we trust, cv po - ating, no'withstat ding the mischievous (Mats of some who t ewe to ex ci!e hatred against he Local Commissioner and the Guradians , the former has had surpassing toil in contending with ignorant prejt•erce in some districts in North Wales. In this vicinity thirteen Unions 11:i ce been established : the aged and infirm are contented and grateful ; nv n i able.bodi,d persons have been compelled to industry, and have thrive n and bce:•t happier than when they were dependant beggars.—Shret os bury Chronicle. SETS OF PLATED DISH COVERS, WITII STRONG SILVER EDGES, may be selected of variou s Patterns, price 161. the Set, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Work Thl Golthmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47 - , Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracecburch-street). The Set consists of one cover 20, 18, 14, and 12 inches diam r. N.B.—The three Shoit Rooms c tain a large variety of superip r f Silver-edged Plated Goods. Pamphlet, containing a List ° Prices and Drawings of Silver Spoons and Forks, Silver Pla te : Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., m ay be h a d gra ti s , or will , i forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. At Merstham, on the 18th inst., Lady Joliffe, of a (laughter. C. On the 18th inst., at Stonefield-terrace, Islington, Mrs. B. Ha'e, of a son. On the 20th inst , at Merton, Surrey, the lady of R. S. Silos' Esq. of a daughter. On the 19th i ns t., M rs. J o h n S ear d, o f B e df or d- s t ree t, Bed f ord' square, of a daughter, stilt-born. On the 17th inst., at Pengelly House, Herts, the Hon. Mrs. C• L. Butler, of a daughter. On the 19th inst., Mrs. Hugh Barclay, of Woburn-square, of daughter. MARRIED. • On the 17th inst., at the Congre ationa Church in Bneld'ig'o Elward Vernon, son of the Rev. Wm. Walford, of Uxbridge , Frances Jane, third daughter of the Rev. Thos. Craig. On the be E l s 7 q th . , ionf,t Southampton,..,aSt James's, s , A S g o n u e t s h , b e ro ld o e m st , N d V a i u ll g i Tyke, Esq., of Broadleaze, Devizes. At the Wesleyan Chapel, Spit a lfi e ld s , on t h e 19t h i nst., Mr. Irg; natius Robert Blackham, o f Ald gate , to S arah, youngest daug hte of O W n . tPhehilll9ipths,iEnsstq..,,ionf PLairrike-olenre'ssclennnt-,fißelklegse. Tanshire, Esq., o f St. Kitt's. On the 19th i ns t., as Ch esham-place, Belgrave-square,., daughter li of e Moberly, l eldest daught er o f t h e l ate Wm. Randall, Esq of the Retr` — Battersea. Inn -park, Geo. gills On the 10th inst., Aurora, third daughter, aged 8, and on,. 17th inst., J ames , second son, aged 10, the children of CaP i t o Spiller, Roy a l A rt ill ery, Woolwich, and the great-grand-childr' a of the Earl of Cavan. On the 17th inst., aged 17, in the Belvidere road, Lamb' s ,. Phedora, younge s t d aug ht er o f t h e late Rev E. Whitelock, o f John's, Weardale, Durham. On the 16th i ns t., at M uss elburg,h, near Edinburgh, Mr. Ja n es Kilgour Christie, late of Constantinople. On the 16th inst., aged 77, John Walter, Esq., of Cannon-str nett London, and Forest-hill, Kent. r ri6' ar On the 15th i ns t., near F olkestone, Anna wife of A. - Esq. , and only d aug ht er o f t h e late A. Roebuck, Esq:, Chief Snee r' cargo of the Ho n . E ast I n di a Company, China. , On the 18th inst. Martha, infant daughter of Mr. C. Legs' Fort Thee, Bermondsey. On the 26th ult., at Salamis, Mr. W. F. Innes, Midshipman of El. M. S. Bellerophon," aged 16. At East Lodge, Enfield, on the 20th inst., Admiral Sir Pulterei Malcolm, G.( B. On the 18th i ns t ., i n St. George's-road, Southwark, 1%...4 r. 10° Hardy, aged 54 •On the 18th i nst., at Grove-lane, Camberwell, John re inr ton, Esq. On the 20th i nst., Mary Anne, chlest daughter of Wm. Nieb°l' son, Esq., of St. John -street. Clerkenwell. Cast le. On the 16th i nst., at Winaborne, Mary, wife of William man, Esq. C ' d. At Madra s , on t h e 26th of April. aged 19, Ensign Rob er t P Rob ot more, Ist Regi ment of Madras Nat i ve Infantry, son of Mr • Nth - Imre, of Stoke Newinwon. ~ On tile 18th inst., ;lir. Joseph Wcatherlcy, ;orawriy t ge.kl 40. - - London: Printed and Published by rt1U11.1)0 YOUNG. ° ur itY 112, Strand, a t Me Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in th e 0° of Middlesex.—Monday, July 23, 1838. /